Last modified: 2013-03-27 by klaus-michael schneider
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![[Lauda-Königshofen city flag]](../images/d/de-tb_lk.gif)
11:5
image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Mar 2013
Description of banner:
The ratio is approx. 11:5. It is a red - white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is slightly shifted to the top.
Source: I spotted this flag on 12 December 2012 in the town hall of Lauda-Königshofen in Lauda.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Mar 2013
Description of coat of arms:
In a celestial blue shield is a square flag quarterly divided into silver (= white) and red. The flag has to embattled edges and is stuck upon a golden (= yellow) jousting lance. The flag is topped by an impending golden (= yellow) coronet.
Meaning:
The elements of the shield are taken from the flags of the former cities of Lauda (flag on lance) and Königshofen (coronet). The flag is those of the city and bishopric of Würzburg. The bishops had been the former rulers for centuries in Lauda. The coronet is a reduction of the crowned head in the flag of Königshofen.
Source: Stadler 1971, pp.60/64
On 25 August 1977 a red- white (plain) flag and the coat of arms were approved by Landratsamt of Main-Tauber-Kreis, published in GABl 293/1978
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Mar 2013
![[Königshofen former city flag]](../images/d/de-tb_lk-kh.gif)
11:5 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Mar 2013
Description of banner:
The ratio is approx. 11:5. It is a red - white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is slightly shifted to the bottom.
Source: municipal website of Lauda-Köpnigshofen
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Mar 2013
Description of coat of arms:
The shield is divided per fess into silver (= white) over red. Above is a king's head crowned by a golden (= yellow) coronet. Below is a silver (= white) wheel having six spokes.
Meaning:
The king's head is a canting element. The name is derived from the German word "Königshaupt". The field below is alluding to the Archbishopric of mainz. Königshofen belonged tp the archbishopric until 1802. The pattern of the current arms is based upon seals , probably since about 1550. Prints exist since 1599.
Königshofen had been a market town in the middle of the 18th century and was afterwards called "Städtlein", i.e. little city. It lost city rights in 1921 and regained them in 1950. It was incorporated into the city of Lauda-Königshofen on 1 January 1975, published in GesBl 248/1974
Source: Stadler 1971, p.60
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Mar 2013
![[Oberbalbach former municipal flag]](../images/d/de-tb_lk-ob.gif)
5:2 image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Mar 2013
Description of banner:
The ratio is approx. 5:2. It is a green - white vertical bicolour. The coat of arms is shifted to the top.
Source: I spotted this banner on 12 December 2012 in the town hall of Lauda-Königshofen in Lauda.
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Mar 2013
Description of coat of arms:
In a golden (= yellow) shield is St.George. He rides on a black, forcene horse and is killing a green dragon by a red lance.
Meaning:
St. George is the patron saint of the local Catholic church.
Oberbalbach was incorporated into Lauda acc. to GesBl 248/1974 on 1 January 1975.
Source: Stadler 1971, p.101
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 20 Mar 2013
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